Chapter 15: Wireless LAN

It glues two different environments together: one wired

Wireless Ethernet is sometimes called
and one wireless.
A. IEEE 802.12 B. IEEE 802.11 A. Modem B. Medium
C. IEEE 802.13 D. IEEE 802.10 C. Access Point D. Link
When a station sends an RTS frame, it includes the The concept of a wired isolated LAN also differs from
duration of time that it needs to occupy the channel. The that of a wireless isolated LAN.
stations that are affected by this transmission create a A wired isolated LAN is a set of hosts connected via a
timer called a __ that shows how much time must pass link-layer switch. A wireless isolated LAN, called an ___
before these stations are allowed to check the channel for in wireless LAN terminology, is a set of hosts that
idleness. communicate freely with each other.
A. RTS B. NIC A. infrastructure network B. ad hoc network
C. distributed coordination D. extended service
C. CTS D. NAV
network network
It is the building blocks of a wireless LAN. It is made of
Hidden station problem can be overcome by using stationary or mobile wireless stations and an optional
central base station
A. CSMA/CD B. Error detection A. BSS B.BBS
C. CSMA/CA D. Error correction C. ESS D.EES
This new specification defines forward error correction
A solution to hidden station problem and OFDM using the 2.400
4.835 GHz ISM band.
A. beacon frame B. interframe A. IEEE 802.11g B IEEE802.11a
C. hand shake D. allocation vector C. IEEE802.11b D. IEEE 802.11n
__ is a wireless LAN technology designed to connect
devices of different functions
802.11 n: This new standard emphasizes not only the
such as telephones, notebooks, computers (desktop
higher bit rate but also eliminating some unnecessary
and laptop), cameras, printers,
overhead. The standard uses what is called
and even coffee makers when they are at a short
distance from each other

A. MIMO B. OFDM A. Infrared B. OFDM

C.HR-DSS D. FHSS C. Bluetooth D. FHSS

To give priority to PCF over DCF, another interframe
space, ___, has been defined. This means that if, at the To transform bits to a signal, Bluetooth uses a
same time, a station wants to use only DCF and an AP sophisticated version of FSK, called __ FSK
wants to use PCF, the AP has priority.
A. CIFS B. PIFS A. Dual B. Gaussian
C. DIFS D. LIFS C. Hybrid D. Orthogonal
Bluetooth uses a form of TDMA that is called ___. It is a
A Bluetooth network is called a ___, or a small net. It can kind of half-duplex communication in which the sender
have up to eight stations, one of which is called the and receiver send and receive data, but not at the same
primary; the rest are called secondaries. time (half-duplex); however, the communication for
each direction uses different hops.
A. piconet B. micronet A. TFD-TDMA B. TTD-TDMA
C. scatternet D. nanonet C. FTD-TDMA D. TDD-TDMA
Bluetooth was originally started as a project by the __ an optional access method that can be
Ericsson Company. It is named implemented in an infrastructure network (not in an ad
For _______the king of Denmark (940-981) who united hoc network). It is implemented
Denmark and Norway. on top of the DCF and is used mostly for time-sensitive
 transmission.
A. Harold Blaatand B. Harild Blaatand A. CTS B. RTS
C. Herald Blaatand D. Harald Blaatand C. DCF D. PCF
Due to the priority of PCF over DCF, stations that only use
DCF may not gain access to the medium. To prevent this, It uses the 2.4004.835 GHz ISM band. The band is
a repetition interval has been designed to cover both divided into 79 subbands of 1 MHz (and some guard
contention-free PCF and contention-based DCF traffic. The bands). A pseudorandom number generator selects the
repetition interval, which is repeated continuously, starts hopping sequence.
with a special control frame, called a __
A. beacon frame B. interframe A. IEEE 802.11 FHSS B. IEEE 802.11 Infrared

C. hand shake D. allocation vector C. IEEE 802.11 DSSS D.IEEE 802.11b DSSS

It uses the 2.4004.835 GHz ISM band. The modulation

technique in this specification is PSK at 1 Mbaud/s. The
In this problem a station refrains from using a channel
system allows 1 or 2 bits/baud
when it is, in fact, available.
(BPSK or QPSK), which results in a data rate of 1 or 2
Mbps
A. IEEE 802.11 FHSS B. IEEE 802.11 Infrared A. hidden station B. dead station
C. IEEE 802.11 DSSS D.IEEE 802.11b DSSS C. exposed station D. transmission zone
This link is used when data integrity is
IEEE 802.11 infrared uses infrared light in the range of
more important than avoiding latency. In this type of link, if
800 to 950 nm. The modulation
a payload encapsulated
technique is called ___
in the frame is corrupted, it is retransmitted.
A. ACL B. SCO A. PAM B. PPM
C. LCA D.CSO C. WAM D. QAM
A ___ link is used when avoiding latency (delay in data
The Bluetooth layer __ is roughly equivalent to the LLC delivery) is more important than integrity (error-free
sublayer in LANs. It is used for data exchange on an ACL delivery). In this link, a physical link is created between
link. the primary and a secondary by reserving specific slots
at regular intervals.
A. Radio B. Baseband A. ACL B. SCO
C. Profile D. L2CAP C. LCA D.CSO